Flood or water gate



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C. M. HUNT.

FLOOD 0R WATER GATE.

WW No.427,084. Patented May6,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MORE HUNT, OF IRENA, MISSOURI.

FLOOD OR WATER GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,084, dated May 6, 1890. Application filed February 27, 1890. Serial No. 341,915. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES MORE HUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Irena, in the county of Vorth and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flood or \Vater Gates; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification.

My invention relates to flood or water gates for continuing a line of fence across a watercourse; and it consists of anovel method of constructing and hanging the same, so that there will be no sagging, and also so as to permit its lower end to swing out on the surface of the water when it rises to any unusual height.

The drawing represents the construction of my gate and the method of hanging it.

A A are the supporting-posts on the banks through which the stream runs and between which the gate is hung.

. B B B are upright pieces equidistant from each other, to which are securely attached on their lower ends cross-pieces C C C, also equidistant, as shown. There may be more uprights and more cross-pieces than are shown to suit the width and depth of the stream for which the gate is required. In the same vertical planewith the upright pieces shorter pieces or bars D D are connected to the posts A A by bolts E E, so as to turn freely on the bolts. The outer ends of the bolts are provided with screw-threads and nuts, as shown. The upper ends of the pieces D D are nearly in line with the upper ends of the uprights.

a, b, and c are wire braces connecting the uprights B to the pivoted pieces or bars D D, arranged as shown. The wires 17, three 111 number, pass through the upper ends of the uprights B parallel with the cross-pieces C. The upper and lower connect with the ends of the bars D, forming cross-braces. The middle wire 19 connects at the outer edge of the outer uprights B with wires a, thatrun to the connecting ends of the upper and lower wires 1) and connect there with the pieces D D, as shown, forming diagonal braces. The wires 0 extend from the same connecting-point near the lower ends of the pieces D D to near the lower end of the middle upright B, as shown, also forming diagonal braces.

The uprights B, cross-pieces O, pivoted pieces or bars D, and wires (1,1), and 0 form a gate,which is hung upon the bolts E. Washers may be placed upon these boltsbetween the pieces D and the posts, if desired. The gate thus constructed will be rigid, and when hung will not sag, will swing freely on the water when'it rises, and may be of any desired length.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is V A flood or water gate consisting of the uprights B, cross-pieces O, pivoted pieces D, and wire braces a, b, and c, constructed substantially as described and hung upon bolts E, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES MORE HUNT.

\Vitnesses:

J D. HARRIGAN, R. W. WILsoN. 

